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Rettendon Primary School

Community school · Chelmsford · CM3 8DW

Ages 4–11 · 100 pupils · Essex

KS2 expected (RWM)

61%

Overall absence

5.3%

Admissions demand

1.00 · Balanced demand

Performance

Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.

Key stage 2 (2023/24)

Expected standard (RWM)61%
Higher standard (RWM)6%
Avg scaled score — reading
104.0
Avg scaled score — maths
105.0
Avg scaled score — GPS
106.0

Source: DfE school and college performance tables

Absence

Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.

Overall absence5.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)12.2%
Unauthorised2.0%
Authorised absence
3.3%
Severe absence (50%+)
0.0%
Enrolments in measure
115

Absence trend

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

  • Overall
  • Persistent (10%+)

Source: DfE pupil absence in schools in England

Admissions demand

Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.

Demand ratio

1.00 · Balanced demand

1st preferences

12

Places offered

12

1st-preference offers

12

Total preferences (any rank)
38
Preferred offers (top 3)
12
Applications from outside LA
0
Offers to outside-LA applicants
0

Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.

Size & intake

From the GIAS school census (16 Jan 2025).

Capacity fill71%

100 pupils · 140 places

Pupils on roll
100
Boys / girls
61 / 39
School capacity
140
Capacity fill
100 / 140 (71%)
Free school meals
13%
FSM pupils
13
Gender
Mixed
School type
Community school

Age range

Ages 4–11

05111619

Provision

Official GIAS characteristics

0 / 6

  • Nursery
  • Sixth form
  • Boarding
  • Special school
  • Independent
  • Academy

School characteristics

Special classes
No Special Classes
Governance
Community school
Headteacher
Mrs Sophie Hammond

Location

Address
Main Road, Rettendon Common
Postcode
CM3 8DW
Town
Chelmsford
County
Essex
Local authority
Essex
District
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon
Urban/rural
(England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings

Local context

How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.

Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Chelmsford, Essex, 100 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 13%.

Open schools in Chelmsford
84
Primary schools in Chelmsford
56
Academies among open schools in Chelmsford
48% (40)
Open schools in CM3
28
Primary in CM3
23
Open schools in Essex LA
612
Primary in Essex LA
444

Nearby primary schools

Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.

Compare with theseAll in ChelmsfordNear CM3

  • Rettendon Primary School

    Ofsted: Good

    Academy converter · Primary

    Chelmsford · CM3 8DW · Essex

    Ages 4–11

    • FSM15.3%

    0.0 miles away

  • St Luke's Park Primary School

    Ofsted: Not judged

    Free schools · Primary

    Wickford · SS11 7LH · Essex

    Ages 4–11

    • Absence6.9%
    • FSM17.6%
    • Demand1.03

    0.7 miles away

  • Hilltop Junior School

    Ofsted: Good

    Academy sponsor led · Primary

    Wickford · SS11 8LT · Essex

    Ages 7–11

    • KS277%
    • Absence4.6%
    • FSM13.4%

    1.7 miles away

  • Hilltop Infant School

    Ofsted: Not judged

    Academy converter · Primary

    Wickford · SS11 8LT · Essex

    Ages 2–7

    • Absence4.8%
    • FSM8.9%
    • Demand0.97

    1.7 miles away

  • Runwell Community Primary School

    Ofsted: Not judged

    Academy converter · Primary

    Wickford · SS11 7BJ · Essex

    Ages 2–11

    • KS240%
    • Absence5.4%
    • FSM22.5%
    • Demand0.98

    1.8 miles away

  • Wickford Primary School

    Ofsted: Good

    Community school · Primary

    Wickford · SS12 0AG · Essex

    Ages 4–11

    • KS267%
    • Absence5.7%
    • FSM21.2%
    • Demand0.93

    2.4 miles away

  • Elmwood Primary School

    Ofsted: School remains Good

    Foundation school · Primary

    Chelmsford · CM3 5NB · Essex

    Ages 4–11

    • KS264%
    • Absence5.3%
    • FSM9.7%
    • Demand1.12

    2.4 miles away

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Contact

Headteacher
Mrs Sophie Hammond

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